(1)\nFor purposes of this section, 'over-refund' means a refund of state revenues that occurs when, through one or more mechanisms utilized pursuant to law to refund state revenues in excess of the limitation on state fiscal year spending for any given fiscal year, the amount of state revenues actually refunded during any given fiscal year exceeds the amount of state revenues in excess of the limitation on state fiscal year spending for the immediately preceding fiscal year required to be refunded without making any calculations or reductions as otherwise provided in this section.\n(2)\nThe amount of any over-refunds actually made in a fiscal year commencing on or after July 1, 2001, that have not been used to reduce the amount of state revenues in excess of the limitation on state fiscal year spending for said fiscal year in accordance with the provisions of this section shall be carried forward as a reduction of subsequent fiscal years' state revenues in excess of the limitation on state fiscal year spending and shall be applied first to the earliest fiscal years possible.\n(3)\nFor the fiscal year commencing on July 1, 2004, the controller shall:\n(a)\nCalculate state fiscal n state fiscal year spending and shall be applied first to the earliest fiscal years possible.\n(3)\nFor the fiscal year commencing on July 1, 2004, the controller shall:\n(a)\nCalculate state fiscal year spending for the fiscal year in accordance with the provisions of section\n24-77-103\nwithout making any reduction in state fiscal year spending for the amount of over-refunds actually made in said fiscal year or for the amount of any over-refunds made in the fiscal years commencing on or after July 1, 2001, but prior to July 1, 2004, that have been carried forward to said fiscal year in accordance with subsection (2) of this section; and\n(b)\nReduce the sum of the amount of state revenues in excess of the limitation on state fiscal year spending for said fiscal year and the amount of any unrefunded state revenues in excess of the limitation on state fiscal year spending for the fiscal years commencing on or after July 1, 2001, but prior to July 1, 2004, that have been carried forward to said fiscal year in accordance with section\n24-77-103.8 (3)\nby an amount equal to the sum of the amount of over-refunds actually made in said fiscal year and the amount of any over-refunds rward to said fiscal year in accordance with section\n24-77-103.8 (3)\nby an amount equal to the sum of the amount of over-refunds actually made in said fiscal year and the amount of any over-refunds made in the fiscal years commencing on or after July 1, 2001, but prior to July 1, 2004, that have been carried forward to said fiscal year in accordance with subsection (2) of this section; however, the amount of said reduction shall not exceed the amount of state revenues in excess of the limitation on state fiscal year spending for said fiscal year.\n(4)\nFor fiscal years commencing on or after July 1, 2005, the controller shall:\n(a)\nCalculate state fiscal year spending for the fiscal year in accordance with the provisions of section\n24-77-103\nwithout making any reduction in state fiscal year spending for the amount of over-refunds actually made in said fiscal year or for the amount of any over-refunds made in previous fiscal years that have been carried forward to said fiscal year in accordance with subsection (2) of this section; and\n(b)\nReduce the sum of the amount of state revenues in excess of the limitation on state fiscal year spending for the fiscal year and the year in accordance with subsection (2) of this section; and\n(b)\nReduce the sum of the amount of state revenues in excess of the limitation on state fiscal year spending for the fiscal year and the amount of any unrefunded state revenues in excess of the limitation on state fiscal year spending for previous fiscal years that have been carried forward to said fiscal year in accordance with section\n24-77-103.8 (3)\nby an amount equal to the sum of the amount of over-refunds actually made in said fiscal year and the amount of any over-refunds made in previous fiscal years that have been carried forward to said fiscal year in accordance with subsection (2) of this section; however, the amount of said reduction shall not exceed the amount of state revenues in excess of the limitation on state fiscal year spending for said fiscal year.\n(5)\nAll calculations and reductions made by the controller pursuant to this section shall be subject to review by the state auditor.\nL. 99: Entire section added, p. 1330, § 3, effective June 3; entire section added, p. 1295, § 3, effective August 4. L. 2005: Entire section R&RE, p. 130, § 1, effective April 5.
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